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About the Book

Business and government are two of the most important actors in shaping our lives. This new four volume collection from Routledge’s Major Works series, Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, will explore four key areas of the relationship: First, what is the balance of power between business and government? Second, what trends are apparent in the balance of power between business and government? Third, how effective is the relationship between business and government in terms of promoting economic growth and development? Fourth, can business be mobilized, and if so how, to help solve societal problems by means other than legislation?

In addressing these questions the editor will gather together the key writings – both classic works and contemporary scholarship - to meet the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of the subject’s vast literature. With a new introduction by the editor and a full index, this will be a valuable one stop research resource for both student and scholar.

Table of Contents

2. Karl Polanyi, ‘The Self-Regulating Market and the Fictitious Commodities: Labor, Land, and Money’, The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time (Beacon Press, 1944), pp. 71–80.

13. Peter A. Swenson, ‘Varieties of Capitalist Interests: Power, Institutions, and the Regulatory Welfare State in the United States and Sweden’, Studies in American Political Development, 2004, 18, 1, 1–29.

21. David Coen, ‘The Evolution of the Large Firm as a Political Actor in the European Union’, Journal of European Public Policy, 1997, 4, 1, 91–108.

22. Mark A. Smith, ‘Business Unity and its Consequences for Representative Democracy’, American Business and Political Power: Public Opinion, Elections, and Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2000), pp. 13–35.

23. Aseema Sinha, ‘Understanding the Rise and Transformation of Business Collective Action in India’, Business and Politics, 2005, 7, 2, 1–35.

38. Peter Katzenstein, ‘Introduction’, Small States in World Markets: Industrial Policy in Europe (Cornell University Press, 1985), pp. 17–38.

39. Thomas Ferguson, ‘Party Realignment and American Industrial Structure: The Investment Theory of Political Parties in Historical Perspective’, Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems (University of Chicago Press, 1985), pp. 17–38.

About the Series

Global Business is changing at an ever-faster rate. This has been paralleled by an unprecedented growth of activity at undergraduate and graduate levels of study. Covering the key disciplines within business and management studies, this series makes available collections of the most important literature within the field. Each set has a strong international focus and is supplemented with a substantial introduction and thorough index.